Jerry DeMarco

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Born in Newark and raised in Hudson County, Jerry DeMarco is a 38-year veteran of the news industry and a renowned breaking news reporter. He has covered local, county and state police, as well as the FBI, ATF and other federal agencies.

DeMarco joined Daily Voice in 2015 after six years running Cliffview Pilot, one of the nation's few independent breaking news sites. As an independent publisher, he helped establish Local Independent Online News, a national trade organization.

Prior to launching his own site, DeMarco served as a reporter for the Bergen Record, Stamford Advocate, Rockland Journal News, News Tribune, and Trenton Times.

DeMarco has won national recognition for his investigative work, including Clarion, Heywood Broun and Deadline Club awards. He's changed public policy and managed several major projects -- including one that helped put a corrupt public official in federal prison and another that forced a sitting New Jersey attorney general from office for her participation in a Bergen County traffic stop involving her boyfriend.

DeMarco regularly lectures at a graduate course in media relations at Fairleigh Dickinson University and previously was an adjunct professor at Lehman College in the Bronx. 

He has a Bachelor's Degree in English from St. Peter's University in Jersey City.

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn police arrest Bronx pair with bogus credit cards Fair Lawn police arrest Bronx pair with bogus credit cards Fair Lawn police arrest Bronx pair with bogus credit cards
Fair Lawn police arrest Bronx pair with bogus credit cards YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fair Lawn police arrested a Bronx couple who they said were carrying nearly a dozen bogus credit cards that one of them was caught trying to buy gift cards with. Detective Paul Donohue and Detective Sgt. Tim O’Shaughnessy said they watched as 20-year-old Divanie Casildo of the Bronx crossed the street from a parking lot to a River Road CVS Saturday night, then returned after trying to buy several gift cards with one of the fraudulent credit cards. The detectives took her into custody as Casildo handed them four phony cards — all in her name, Sgt. Brian Metzler said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Former Hackensack PTA president charged with stealing $900 for nail, parking, donuts Former Hackensack PTA president charged with stealing $900 for nail, parking, donuts Former Hackensack PTA president charged with stealing $900 for nail, parking, donuts
Former Hackensack PTA president charged with stealing $900 for nail, parking, donuts YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Hackensack PTA president is charged with stealing more than $900 from the organization to get her nails done, park her car in Manhattan and hit Dunkin’ Donuts. Kelly Bain Medina, 37, of Hackensack was charged with a single count of theft by deception and released pending a court hearing. A new incoming president and treasurer of the Fanny Meyer Hillers School PTA, a 501(c3) non-profit organization, requested the books from Medina. She reluctantly turned them over after some hesitation, Hackensack Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Cresskill police arrest accused Rockland con woman with different IDs Cresskill police arrest accused Rockland con woman with different IDs Cresskill police arrest accused Rockland con woman with different IDs
Cresskill police arrest accused Rockland con woman with different IDs EXCLUSIVE: Already charged with getting public assistance even though she had a job and a new driver’s license after hers was suspended, an accused con woman from Rockland County has been arrested again, this time by Cresskill detectives. A woman who works with Betty Bourguignon, 38, of Spring Valley told police earlier this month that Sprint hit her debit card three times for a total of $220 in charges for a phone that wasn’t hers. “She thought it may have happened at work,” Cresskill Detective John Birnie told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “That day, she noticed that her card wasn’t in her wallet, w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Jets fan punches woman: Authorities ID combatants Jets fan punches woman: Authorities ID combatants Jets fan punches woman: Authorities ID combatants
Jets fan punches woman: Authorities ID combatants UPDATE: State authorities have identified the combatants in a fight at MetLife Stadium after yesterday’s Jets-Patriots game, including a Gang Green fan caught on cellphone video punching a woman who hit him. The amateur video, besides going viral online, has become a piece of evidence for New Jersey State Police. “Detectives are still sorting things out,” an NJSP sergeant told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon, updating a morning report. He said he couldn’t comment yet in any way on the incident, including a CLIFFVIEW PILOT report that authorities have identified the man who threw the punc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Tonight: Woodcliff Lake residents group to oppose Chabad-Lubavitch plan for Galaxy Gardens site Tonight: Woodcliff Lake residents group to oppose Chabad-Lubavitch plan for Galaxy Gardens site Tonight: Woodcliff Lake residents group to oppose Chabad-Lubavitch plan for Galaxy Gardens site
Tonight: Woodcliff Lake residents group to oppose Chabad-Lubavitch plan for Galaxy Gardens site YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: What had been private concerns over a Jewish congregation’s purported plans to create a regional center on a prized property in Woodcliff Lake officially goes public tonight. A group calling itself Concerned Neighbors & Residents of Woodcliff Lake, Inc. said it plans to attend tomorrow night’s mayor and council meeting to oppose “the proposed overdevelopment” by the Chabad-Lubavitch movement of the Galaxy Gardens Landscaping property. Chabad-Lubavitch, a 250-year-old branch of Hasidism that boasts 3,300 institutions worldwide, has targeted the 2.1-acre parcel f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Cancer-fighting t-shirts say so much for Fairview firefighter, dispatcher, 21 Cancer-fighting t-shirts say so much for Fairview firefighter, dispatcher, 21 Cancer-fighting t-shirts say so much for Fairview firefighter, dispatcher, 21
Cancer-fighting t-shirts say so much for Fairview firefighter, dispatcher, 21 HOW YOU CAN HELP: A little over a week ago, 21-year-old volunteer firefighter and full-time police dispatcher Jason Pinzone of Fairview completed a 5K run — after completing his first full week of radiation treatments for throat cancer. This Tuesday is the deadline for reserving a special custom-made t-shirt showing support for the popular East Bergen emergency services worker. Fairview Police Officer Gino Sculco is leading the charge to boost Pinzone, who he said “continues to work towards the ultimate goal of becoming a police officer” — just like his father, retired borough Police Chie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Bergen County cows saved from slaughter have new names Bergen County cows saved from slaughter have new names Bergen County cows saved from slaughter have new names
Bergen County cows saved from slaughter have new names SHOUT OUT: Two cows who escaped death not only have a new home at Abma’s Farm in Wyckoff but new names, as well. The white-faced herefords, now named Half-and-Half and Cappuccino, are each about 9 to 10 months old and quite shy — “not surprising, considering the ordeal they went through,” said Rebecca Abma, who publishes the Midland Park Press. The previous owner of the bolting bovines — who escaped a windowless rented trailer on their way to slaughter — will be charged with two counts of animal cruelty, Bergen SPCA Lt. Roni Wildoner told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The owner had picked up the pai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Port Authority PD finds assorted knives, scissors, lighters in JFK carry-on Port Authority PD finds assorted knives, scissors, lighters in JFK carry-on Port Authority PD finds assorted knives, scissors, lighters in JFK carry-on
Port Authority PD finds assorted knives, scissors, lighters in JFK carry-on BEYOND BERGEN: A Suffolk County man was arrested by Port Authority police today after a set of metal knuckles with an attached blade — known as a trench knife — and assorted other knives were found in his carry-on bag at JFK Airport, authorities said. Timothy Schiavo Jr., 29, Patchogue also had several scissors and lighters (pictured) when he was stopped at a Terminal 5 screening point around 2:30 p.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He was charged with weapons possession and released pending a hearing. IMAGES: Courtesy PORT AUTHORITY PD

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Hillsdale chimney fire quickly put down Hillsdale chimney fire quickly put down Hillsdale chimney fire quickly put down
Hillsdale chimney fire quickly put down YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A passerby who banged on a Hillsdale family’s door after seeing their chimney on fire and five companies who rushed to the scene late this afternoon kept the blaze from spreading through the house. The Pascack Road fire was fully extinguished less than an hour and a half after the 5:20 p.m. call came in, Hillsdale Fire Chief Jason Durie told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “The was minor damage to the interior of the house — mostly smoke damage,” he said. “The house is habitable. “It was a good quick stop.” Durie said there was an apparently breach between the chimney and o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Port Authority police ping alleged iPhone thief on JC street Port Authority police ping alleged iPhone thief on JC street Port Authority police ping alleged iPhone thief on JC street
Port Authority police ping alleged iPhone thief on JC street YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A suspected iPhone thief was standing on a Jersey City street corner earlier today when Port Authority police said they pinged the phone — and it rang. The phone was inside a 25-year-old Newark man’s pocket when it was snatched at the 14th Street PATH station in Manhattan around 8:30 this morning, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The suspect’s image was caught by a video surveillance camera at the station and the phone’s GPS tracked him as he boarded a PATH train to New Jersey, Pentangelo said. As uniformed Port Authority officers approache…

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